Original language: German
Tracing Lena Grigoleit
A special trip tracing the admirable peasant Lena Grigoleit through the Memelland in Lithuania. The programme of course includes her former home villages — Bittehnen (Lith. Bitėnai) and Schmalleningken (Lith. Smalininkai) — as well as the Rombinus (Lith. Rambynas).
During this trip we will also visit the former city of Memel (today Lithuanian Klaipėda) and the Curonian Spit.
Below you will find a preliminary version of the trip description — it will be supplemented or modified in the coming days.
Full trip description
Download the trip description "Memelland and Curonian Spit" (PDF, 240 KB)
Recommended reading
We warmly recommend Ulla Lachauer's book "Paradiesstraße. Lebenserinnerungen der ostpreußischen Bäuerin Lena Grigoleit" — published by Rowohlt in 2007 and continually reissued.